Impact of Organizational commitment as a mediating variable in the relationship between leadership style and job performance: an empirical study on the employees of Meghlaoua Hospital in Mila

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of leadership style on job performance
through the mediating role of organizational commitment. For the purpose, four hypotheses were
developed; the first three predicted positive relationships between leadership, organizational
commitment and job performance and the last one suggested the mediating effect of organizational
commitment. 86 employees in the hospital of Meghlaoua in Mila were surveyed. Using spss23 and
Amos21, the results of the study supported all the hypotheses. Accordingly, leadership style had a
positive impact on job performance; leadership style had a positive impact on organizational
commitment; organizational commitment had a positive impact on job performance when
leadership style was controlled. The strength of the relation between leadership style and job
performance was significantly reduced when organizational commitment was added to the model,
suggesting the mediating role of organizational commitment. In the light of the findings, it is
suggested that merely positive relationship between leadership style and job performance may not
automatically lead an employer to achieve the outcome-job performance. Therefore, the secret of
success lies in improving organizational commitment through solutions to enhance leadership style,
thereby increase job performance.